Sunday 8 December 2013 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Ravivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 11:0311:03 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:408:40 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:086:08 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:408:40 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
11:2611:26 AM
The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 36 m.
sunrise to sunrise
The day and the night, each in eight parts, named by the weekday. Amṛta, Śubha and Lābha are good to begin things in; Cara is neutral; Udvega, Kāla and Roga are avoided.
Day sunrise to sunset
Night sunset to sunrise
good to begin inavoidedneutral
06:086:08 AM to 30:086:08 AM+1
Times after midnight keep counting: 27:31 is 03:31 tomorrow, and still today.A time marked +1 is after midnight: tomorrow by the calendar, and still today.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī | 08:408:40 AM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 12:4812:48 PM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 24:55 00:5512:55 AM Mon | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 08:408:40 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:08 06:086:08 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:204:20 AM | 06:086:08 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:204:20 AM | 05:145:14 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:474:47 AM | 06:086:08 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:086:08 AM | 08:158:15 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:158:15 AM | 10:2210:22 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0211:02 AM | 11:5011:50 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0511:05 AM | 11:4711:47 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:2611:26 AM | 12:4512:45 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2912:29 PM | 14:372:37 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:121:12 PM | 13:541:54 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:052:05 PM | 15:243:24 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:372:37 PM | 16:444:44 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:193:19 PM | 16:024:02 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:243:24 PM | 16:444:44 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:444:44 PM | 18:316:31 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:444:44 PM | 17:115:11 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:444:44 PM | 18:046:04 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:427:42 PM | 21:149:14 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0211:02 PM | 23:5011:50 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:534:53 AM+1 | 30:256:25 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |